Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship. His guilt is tacitly admitted, and his one question now is, what is to become of him?
I cannot dig - brought up as I have been to higher work.
To beg I am ashamed - his pride could not stand that. What, then, was to be done to prevent starvation?